Printed dictionaries and other books with definitions for abutment arch

ARCH Abutment Arch. That arch of a series which comes next to the outer
abutment ; as the land arch of a bridge. Back Arch. An arch carrying the back or
inner part of a wall, where the exterior face of the wall is carried in a different way
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Abutment Arch. An opening or aperture in an abutment in the form of an arch,
which is sometimes introduced when the wing walls are very massive. It is
occasionally called a land arch. See Horizontal Arch. Abutment (Circular). When
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